The last few steering gear boxes I installed were built by some reman factory. I was not impressed one bit. Some leaked some had more play in them. I noticed on Rock Auto that they sell rebuild kits. I have never rebuilt one. build trans.rears motors.etc. How bad is it?

I put in a new one (not reman) from RA and it still has some play.

Manual or power steering? Manual is pretty straight foward. PS is a pain, it's been a lot of decades since I was into one. On manual boxes what grease are you using? Constant velocity joint grease or 00 weight grease works, some call it corn head grease also.

Its manual. Might try Lucas for grease.

Talk to Josh Bertschy at Steerco Performance. His shop is here in Fort Worth, I'd say his rebuild quality is better than most. He puts alot of time into improving OE designs to make them last longer or function better. I've walked through his shop and it's clean, organized, and full of staff that know their stuff.

He's not your typical "reman factory". He starts with cores and fixes them right, doesn't just slap a new bearing in here or there and send it back out. Think he has 6 or 8 shop guys and they are dedicated to one function each, assembly line model. Two are machinists - one lathe, one mill.

He races a trophy truck in Baja and other desert series, he's not afraid to beat on his own products.

817-626-9006

https://redheadsteeringgears.com/


I've had great luck with these guys. My 72 Blazer box was unique for some odd reason and they rebuild my original. It was tight as shyt and perfect. I've used them for manual and power GM boxes and it's a simple exchange.